Commonwealth champion McColgan admits emotional hangover after claiming European silver

Eilish McColgan admits the emotional hangover of her memorable Commonwealth Games scuppered her hopes of landing more major glory at the multi-sport European Championships in Munich. The Scottish athlete, 31, was dramatically crowned 10,000m champion in Birmingham earlier this month and followed it up with European silver behind Turkish star Yasemin Can on Monday night. Ad McColgan, whose mum Liz won two Commonwealth Games titles over the same distance in 1986 and 1990, clocked a time of 30:41.05 to finish just over eight seconds behind Can and ahead of Lonah Chemtai Salpeter in third.

AthleticsJacob Fincham-Dukes calls for greater long jump coverageAN HOUR AGO The Dundee star gave an admirable account of herself but was unable to lower the colours of 2016 European champion Can, 25, who ran a brilliant season's best of 30:32.57 in Germany. McColgan crossed the line 5.32s ahead of Salpeter, 33, while elsewhere, fellow Brits Samantha Harrison and Jessica Judd failed to live with the race's brutal pace. The Scot also scooped 5,000m silver at the Commonwealth Games but says her participation in the event at this week Europeans could be hanging in the balance after a punishing summer of action.

She said: «I'm pleased but disappointed. »I would have loved to become European champion tonight but I definitely felt tired legs today. «The Commonwealths was one of the craziest weeks of my life and I found it tough to get myself up again today.

I can't complain with a silver medal. »She's an incredible athlete, one of the best in the world. I did my best but she was too good tonight.